Window construction.



J. STEPHENS. WINDOW CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28. 1915.

1,246,346. Patented Nov.- 13,1917.

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JOSEPH STEPHENS, 0F BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

WINDOW cons'rnncr on.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 13, 191 *1 Application fi ed J rule 28, 1915.. Serial No. 36,632.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr STEPHENS, a

Another object of the invention is to provide a stop molding for the window sash in which sashes for wire netting, colored glass, opaque or other panels, may be arranged.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction whereby supplementary sashes for wire netting, glass or panels, may be added on the inside of a window casing in front of the glass sash while preserving ready access thereto.

Another object of the invention is to provide a quickly and readily removable sash on the inside of a window casing which may be locked into position against removal from the outside.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical and cheap construction for mounting supplementary sashes of any kind inside the usual glass window sash without interfering with the manipulation or care of either.

The invention possesses other advantageous features, which with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description, where I shall fully explain that preferred form of my invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. The novelty of the invention will be included in the claims succeeding said description. From this it is apparent that I do not limit myself to the showing made by the said drawings and description, as I may adopt many variations within the scope of my invention as set forth in the said claims.

In the drawings I have shown my invention as applied to sashes for wire netting mounted in the casing on the inside of a casement window, but it is to be understood that it may be usedin connection with any type of window sash or that it may be used in connection with the casing without other sashes. V

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window casing embodying my invention, part of the frame being broken away to disclose the structure.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 '1s a View of the vertical stop molding or sash stop of my invention with the horizontal sash stop shown in section.

Fig. 4 is a detail showing the pm which is secured to the two rear'upper corners of the sash of my invention.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the upper portion of the window frame showing a variation in the construction of the sash stops.

My invention comprises vertical sash stops 2 arranged'at opposite sides of the window casing 3 and a sash stop fl: arranged at the top of the window casing, the stops 2 and at serving not only as stops'for the window sash 13 but also as supports and guides for the sashes 5 and 6. These sashes 5 and6 may contain screens, opaque materials, colored glass or other material, depending upon the service to be performed thereby, and in the present instance I have shown the sashes provided with screens 19. The stops 2 are provided with seats for the upper sash 6, said seats being so formed that the sash may be readily inserted or removed. These seats are formed by a vertically disposed stop or abutment 8 formed along the rear edge of the stop, which abutment is widened at its lower portion 7 to form a shoulder 15 against which the lower rail of the sash rests. The upper stop 4 is also provided with a groove 16 into which the upper rail of the sash is inserted. Instead of providing a grooved stop 4:. the ordinary sash stop 21 may be employed and a supplemental stop or abutment 22 secured thereto, or to the side stops 2.

The lower sash 5, which in its lowered position extends slightly above the bottom of the upper sash 6, and holds the upper sash in its seat, is guided in its vertical movement in grooves 9 formed in the stops 2.

Secured to the upper rail of the lower sash 5 at the edges and projecting laterally therefrom at opposite sides, are pins 12 1 a horizontal position.

which engage in the grooves 9 and guide the sash. At its lower end the sash 5 is pro-- vided with latches 14: which engage the stops 2 and hold the lower sash at any desirable position.

In applying my construction, the usual sash stops are removed or omitted and the stops 2 and 4 are secured in their places.

The upper sash 6 isthen slipped into place,

resting against the stop 8 and upon the shoulder formed at the top of stop 7. The lower sash is held in a plane approximately perpendicular to the plane of the firstsash, but at an anglev to the horizontal, from which position the pins arereadily engaged in the grooves 9 as the sash is; turned into The sash is then dropped to its normal vertical position as in Fig. 1,. Where it may be locked by the slide catches 14.

Itis manifestv from the foregoing that the lower sash 5 may be easily raised and lowered to give'accessto the outer window 13 with. the fastenings of, which it in: no way interferes. -By swingingout. the lower sash and then twisting it out of the horizontal, the pins-12 are disengaged from the grooves 9 and the sash removed. lhe upper sash is then easily takenout.

For use with the common two-part sliding windows, the upper sash 6 is made shorter and the lower sash 5 longer than shown in the drawings, so that access may be had to the lock of the window.

In the following claims, I shall designate my removable sashes as detachable or displaceable and these terms are to be understood as defining. that degree of separahility or disjunction which is attainable readily by mere handling without tools or special effort, as opposed to that degree which is attainable only by the severance of intimate fastenings of relatively permanent character.

I claim? 1. In a. window construction, a frame having seats thereon and grooves therein, a detachable sash adapted to be supported upon said. seats, and a second detachable sash having means engaging the said groovesand adapted to hold said first-named sash in said frame.

2. In a; Window construction, the combination with a window casing, of vertical sash .stops, each having a seat thereon and a groove.thereiinia. stationary sash adapted to be supported on sai'd seat in said casing,.and a .slidablesash having guiding means to engage said; grooves whereby. the stationary sash is held on said seat while the slidable sash is in said casing, said slidable sash being detachable from said casing by swinging outwardly about said guiding means and raising, one sideabove the other.

In, testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my handfat Berkeley,.California, this 19th day of June 1915.

JOSEPH STEPHENS.

I In presence of W. S. VVooo, ADoLPH C- A.'SANDNER.

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